Horse-collar



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HORSE COLLAR.

No. 388,014. Patented Aug. 21, 1888.

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CARL BLOCK, OF MERRILL, WISCONSIN.

HORSE-=COLLAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 388,014, dated August21, 1888.

Application filed January 10, 1888. Serial No. 260,304.

To a-ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, Gran BLQGK, a citizen of the United States, residingat- Merrill, in the county of Lincoln and State of \Visconsin, haveinvented certai n new and useful Improvements in HorseOollars; and I dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to combined collars and hames; and it has for itsobjects to provide a means for connecting the sections, also connectingthe check-hook, and providing a means for holding the collar in properposition on the neck of an animal. These several objects are attained bythe means shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is afront view of a combined collar and hames constructed according to myimprovements. Fig. 2 is a detail side view of the same. Fig. 3 is adetail vertical sectional view. Figi 4 is also a sectional detail view.Figs. 5 and 6 are views of the socket-castings for the tops of thecollar. Fig. 7 is a view of the check-hook removed. Fig. 8 is aperspective View of the leather placed below the joints of the sockets;and Fig. 9 is a view of the combined check-hook, pin, and buckle.

Referring by letter to the said drawings, A A indicate two sections of acollar, which are properly shaped from wood or other suitable material.These wooden sections, which comprise the collar, are faced with metalstrips B, which may form the hames, and these strips are provided withthe tug-loops and other appliances usually employed in hames for theattachment of the harness.

In the present illustration I have shown two forms of tug-loops-viz.,the ordinary loop, a, comprising the two studs 5 and the bolt passingthrough eyes therein and having a sleeve, and also a hook, as 0, havinga springsnap, as shown, either of which may be used, ac cording to thefancy of the mechanic.

D indicates a metallic socket, which receives the lower meeting ends ofthe collarsect-ions. This socket is provided with apertures, and issecured at one end to one of the collar-sections, the opposite sectionhaving a springactuated lockbolt, which, when the section carrying ithas been let into the said (X0 model.)

socket, the lock-bolt will enter the apertures therein and hold thesections together at this point. Thus it will be seen that by depressingthe spring-bolt the sections of the collar may be disconnected at theirlower ends.

E E indicate the hinge-castings for the upper ends of the collar. Thesecastings are hollow and shaped to receive the tops of thecollarsections, and are formed with lug-eyes f to receive a bolt orpintle, whereby the same may be connected by a hinge-joint. Thesecastings, after being slipped over the tops of the sections, areadjusted thereon and secured in position by the threaded shanks of therings 9, which pass through apertures in the said castings and areturned into screwtapped apertures in the metallic strips or hames B,which are secured to the wooden collar. One of the lug-eyes f is slottedvertically, as shown at h, to receive the lower reduced end, F, of thecheck-hook G, and this reduced portion is provided with a transverseaperture, '5, to receive the hinge-rod or pintle Kas it is passedthrough the lugs of the castings E to connect them. This rod or pintleK, which unites the upper ends of the collar, is threaded at its forwardend, as shown at Z, and is provided at its opposite end with a buckle,m. It will thus be seen that this rod serves a threefold functionviz.,it acts as a pintle to connect the castings E, a bolt or rod to securethe check-hook in position, and a buckle whereby the collar may beconnected with the saddle to retain the former in proper position on theneck or shoulders of an animal.

I indicates a shield of leather, although it may be of other material.This shield is suitably shaped to liebeneath aul cover the joint formedby the castings E. This shield is also provided at its opposite upturnedends with holes a n, which are designed to coincide with the eyes in thelugs of the said castings E to receive the pintle or hinge-rod, and tothe eye on the forward outer side of the collar is secured or formedthereon a nut or screw tapped seat, r, whicl1 receives the threaded endof the said pintle-rod and sustains the same when screwed therein.

In practice it is not necessary that the upper joints should bedisconnected or the check hook removed. after once properly connected,

as the collar may be placed on or removed from the neck of a horse bymanipulating the spring-bolt at the lower part of the collar.

It will be seen that I have a collar and hames in which the oheckreinmay be held thereby, and in order to keep the collar properly adjustedon the animal a strap may be employed to buckle with the pintle-rod andconnect with the saddle or other suitable part of the harm ness.

It is obvious that a sweat-pad may be provided for the collar, in whichcase it would have a suitable number of loops, whereby it may beconveniently attached thereto andreadily removed when desired.

Having described my invention, what I claim is-- 1. The collar havingthe hinge-sockets at its upper end, in combination with the checkhookhaving an eye at its lower end and let into the lug-eyes orhinge-barrel, the shield having apertures and athreaded nut in one ofthem, and a pintle-rod having a buckle at one end and a threaded portionat its opposite end, substantially as specified.

,2. The combination, with a collar composed of two hinged sections, of apintle for the said hinge having a loop at one end and a hinged tongueto form a buckle, whereby the said pin- CARL BLOCK.

presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses:

HENRYC. HETZEL, ELISHA L. BUMP.

